Episode 50: Novelist Spotlight #50: This author gave up writing; now she’s a successful novelist
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By Mike Consol. Discovered by Player FM and our community — copyright is owned by the publisher, not Player FM, and audio is streamed directly from their servers. Hit the Subscribe button to track updates in Player FM, or paste the feed URL into other podcast apps.
In the spotlight is historical novelist Diana Giovinazzo, author of the Italy-based titles “The Woman in Red” and “Antionette’s Sister.”
We discuss:
>> Why she quit writing
>> How she came back to it
>> Using a music soundtrack to facilitate your writing sessions
>> Why aspiring novelists should NOT start with short stories
>> The stress of full-time writing
>> Writing to make sense of the world
>> Why she cannot talk about her next book project
>> Etc.
Learn more about Diana Giovinazzo here: https://dianagiovinazzo.com/
Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play,” and three yet-to-be-published manuscripts, including “Family Recipes: A Novel about Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century,” “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” and the short story collection “Love American Style.” Write to him at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.
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